LSU's Plaisance named LSWA's Player of the Week

LSU women's basketball player Theresa Plaisance turned it up in a big win during Sunday's Southeastern Conference game against Vanderbilt.

Chris SingletonStaff Writer

LSU women's basketball player Theresa Plaisance turned it up in a big win during Sunday's Southeastern Conference game against Vanderbilt.Plaisance, a former Vandebilt Catholic standout and junior forward with the Lady Tigers, scored 26 points and hit the go-ahead jumper in LSU's 54-51 win over the Lady Commodores. LSU rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to win.For her efforts, Plaisance was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week. Plaisance, who leads the Southeastern Conference in scoring (18.3 per game) and blocks (2.9 per game), scored 21 of her 26 points in the second half against Vanderbilt, adding seven rebounds, two blocks and a career high with 11 field goals. Against No. 18 South Carolina on Jan. 17, Plaisance scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 66-59 loss. LSU (12-7 overall, 3-3 in SEC) plays at Kentucky at 2 p.m. Sunday.LSU men's basketball player Shavon Coleman, a former Thibodaux High product, helped the Tigers win their first SEC game of the season against Texas A&M on Wednesday in Baton Rouge.Coleman, a junior forward, scored 17 points on 8-of-16 shooting to help lead LSU to a 58-54 win over Texas A&M. Coleman entered Wednesday's game as LSU's leading scorer with 12.1 points per game. He also leads the team in rebounds (8.0) and second in blocks (1.2). LSU (10-6, 1-4 in SEC) will play Kentucky at 3 p.m. Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.Arkansas-Monticello men's basketball player and junior guard Jamal Nixon, a former Ellender product, had 11 points, six steals and four assists in a 56-49 win over Arkansas Tech on Jan. 17.The Boll Weevils (9-6 overall) will play Southern Arkansas University today. Turtle Mountain Community College sophomore guard Joseph Thompson, a former South Terrebonne product, scored 23 points with five assists and rebounds each and three steals in a 83-75 loss to Jamestown College last week.Thompson scored 18 points with three steals and five rebounds and assists each in a 83-63 win over United Tribes Technical College on Wednesday. Turtle Mountain (5-5) will play its next game against Oak Hills Christian College on Friday. McNeese State sophomore Alaina Verdin, a former Terrebonne High girls player, is continuing her comeback trail from two knee surgeries. Verdin is averaging nine points per game with 2.1 rebounds per game and 1.2 steals per game.McNeese (8-9 overall, 3-3 in Southland Conference) plays at Central Arkansas at 5:30 tonight. Louisiana-Lafayette freshman Jasmin Mills, a former Assumption standout, had six points and seven rebounds in a 72-36 loss to Middle Tennessee University on Jan. 19.Mills scored four points in a 64-63 overtime loss to Florida International on Wednesday. The Lady Cajuns (7-12, 1-9 in Sun Belt) host North Texas at the Earl K. Long Gym on Jan. 30. The game will start at 7 p.m.Spring Hill College freshman center/forward Leah Washington, a former Vandebilt standout, had two points and 10 rebounds in a 60-57 loss to Loyola University of New Orleans on Jan. 19. Two days later, Washington recorded eight points and rebounds each with three steals in a 76-54 win over Voorhees College. Spring Hill (9-11, 5-5 in Southern States Athletic Conference) plays Faulkner University at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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